Walt and Roy Disney were brilliant to carve out their own county equivalent and cities. They just didn’t bargain on future CEOs betting the company on Tranny Tuesday in kindergarten classes, sponsored by Disney.

HockeyDad wrote:

It's pretty much all about the benjamins. Always has been, always will be.

This is an interesting take on the whole deal...

MACS wrote:

And where in the entire bill did it ever say "don't say gay"?

Spoiler: It never did, that was a leftist spin job to make people oppose a bill protecting children from age-inappropriate teaching.

It didn't work, thankfully... people actually read the bill.

MACS wrote:

I accept your admission that the whole thing occurred solely from the politics of "Don't Say Gay".

rfenst wrote:

I am so glad that YouTube's accurate Florida polling, rather than anecdotal videos, is reliable in this matter.

Disney brings like 50 million tourists to Orlando each year before the pandemic.

I found this with a quick Google search:

A 2019 study found Disney dominates the Central Florida tourism industry, according to Oxford Economics, and produced:

- $75.2 billion annual economic impact for Central Florida.
- 463,000 jobs.
-$5.8 billion in additional state tax revenue.

The sales tax collected just on the 58 million Disney World tickets sold in 2018 was $409 million. That’s more than what the state will spend this year on school construction and maintenance or the entire Department of Elder Affairs budget."

Source: Tallahassee Democrat

rfenst wrote:

RCID, Bay Lake, and Lake Buena Vista have a fascinating history. Walt bought up all that land in bits and pieces under a bunch of different shell companies. Their names still appear on a store window on Main Street in the magic Kingdom. Once people figured it out the price for the land skyrocketed.

HockeyDad wrote:

You live in a state you hate because of its liberal policies. I live in a state governed by an angry a-hole who is using Floridians as fodder for his presidential campaign.

rfenst wrote:

You are preaching to the choir. My family began moving here around 1950 and were involved in several Disney land acquisitions.

The whole reason for the shell companies was to buy the property at uninflated prices. Nothing wrong with that at all.

rfenst wrote:

Many said they bought the property at undervalued prices using their secrecy scheme and exploited the innocent people. RCID has even used eminent domain.

HockeyDad wrote:

I’ve been to Rfenst’s house. It’s nice. I’ll give him $50K for it right now and get him out from under this whole debacle.

HockeyDad wrote:

You are slow buying HD. I am already setting up a ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ+ community. It will have a Dell Webb feel to it. Community bath houses, community techno music dance clubs, every day there is a gay pride parade, public cabanas, and such. We are still debating plushie clubs, my little pony clubs, and Hillary Clinton Pizza parlors. We did rule out dwarf tossing bars, it seems gay men and postoperative transgender men do not have the physical strength to toss a dwarf. Though it has been suggested that we are being insensitive to a cruel stereotyping by having no dwarf tossing bars. Plus it may be a federal hate crime to eliminate potential employment for dwarfs. The DOJ has informed us that dwarfs are a minority that should be protected so they will enforce a non-existent law. We are in negotiations with the to substitute midget tossing as the on average weigh about 1/2 of what a dwarf does. Of course that means we must employ twice as many midgets.

Speyside2 wrote:

I live in Seminole county and you better multiply your purchase offer 10-15 times.

rfenst wrote:

Well why the hell are you bitching about Orange County residents that could be facing $126k in new property taxes a year per house. Frank Orange County. Ima move to the space coast and I’ll meet up with you at EPCOT and we’ll do it all on Orange County’s dime!

HockeyDad wrote: